U.N. Security Council Seeks Compromise To Boost Aid Access To Syria

WochitJul. 01, 2014. 11:17 AM EST

With nearly 11 million Syrians in need of humanitarian help, U.N. Security Council members are pu...
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With nearly 11 million Syrians in need of humanitarian help, U.N. Security Council members are pushing Russia and China to support a compromise draft resolution to boost cross-border access and threaten sanctions on those that stand in the way. After more than a month of negotiations, during which Islamist fighters have taken swathes of Iraq and Syria, the June 27 draft obtained by Reuters on Tuesday tries to win over Moscow and Beijing with language similar to that used in a unanimously adopted resolution on Syria's chemical weapons.
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